Chapter 558: Diego Milito!

In the 71st minute of the game, Sporting Gijón requested a substitution. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Juan Arango was substituted and Juan Mata came on as a substitute.

Marcos was substituted and Antonio Di Natale came on as a substitute.

The camera focused on the sidelines and saw Juan Mata and Di Natale high-five Arango and Marcos before running onto the pitch.

There was an uproar in the commentary seat.

"Li Ang actually changed two people in a row!"

"Replace Marcos, who is purely defensive, replace Di Natale, replace Arango, who is a little slower, and replace Mata, who has a stronger impact, Coach Leon is going to attack aggressively?!"

"It's amazing, I feel like Leon was stimulated by Barcelona's goal and he wants to show people the attacking quality of his team?"

Li Ang's bold substitution adjustment attracted a burst of discussion and questioning.

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Unaware of the buzz caused by his substitution, Leon stood on the sidelines, hugged Arango and Marcos, and whispered in their ears, 'Well done!'

It is indeed worthy of praise, Marcos has worked very hard, it can be said that he has completed the defensive task given to him by Leon relatively well, Arango also performed well, and the attack that led to Ribery's goal was attributed to Arango's beautiful cross.

Seeing Leon's substitution adjustment, Rijkaard did not panic, but was happy, he wished that Sporting Gijón would press out to attack, which would mean that Sporting Gijon's defense was no longer so tight, and with Barcelona's offensive strength, it would be easier to score.

Rijkaard shouted loudly, gestured, signaled his team to work harder and continue to attack, and with this substitution adjustment of Leon, Sporting Gijón also received the signal from the manager: Now is the time to counterattack!

With the wave of the flag and the arrival of Di Natale and Juan Mata, the highlight of the 2004/2005 La Liga season at the top of the table has arrived.

Barcelona continued to press aggressively, first Messi used his personal skills to dribble past Grosso and then feigned to shoot, but gave the ball to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian star, distracted by Carlos, shot low and the ball went slightly off the left post, leaving the Sporting Gijón fans in a cold sweat.

Barcelona had been trying to shoot from distance and the results were getting better and better, and after scoring that brilliant free-kick, Ronaldinho's feet seemed hot and the quality of his long-range shots was quite high.

Ronaldinho was a little annoyed by the missed goal, and he stood up and slapped his palms hard.

Leon clenched his fists and Ronaldinho's shot startled him.

Then, Barcelona had another attack, this time it was Iniesta who dribbled the ball in succession, shook off the gap, and shot from a distance, after the football was blocked by Modric with his body, Eto'o shot with a long-range barb, there was no threat, and the football was obtained by Valencia.

Leon didn't panic too much this time, he carefully observed Barcelona's offensive, although the offensive was fierce, but it was a little disorganized, relying more on the individual play of the star.

This kind of Barcelona is not the most terrifying, compared to the snapping pass a few seasons later, Barcelona, which made the opponent almost desperate, this kind of attack that relies on the individual ability of the star is still a little worse.

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Barcelona's offensive is getting more and more intense, and to some extent, they have become a little out of their minds, or rather at the expense of the other.

In this game, Barcelona have to win, they know that a draw is a defeat for them, not to mention that now they are 1-2 down and they have to find a way to score two more goals, so now everyone has goals in their heads......

As for defense?

Although they knew that the team's reckless attack would inevitably have holes and hidden dangers in the defence, there was still a hint of luck in everyone's hearts, thinking that they would attack them first before Sporting Gijón broke through their own goal.

With just one more goal and an equaliser, Sporting Gijón will collapse in the face of Barcelona's powerful attacking power, and then just one more goal will be able to turn the game around and make great strides towards the league title!

Or on the other hand, they have no other way but to attack, so they are now so focused on breaking down the goals of Sporting Gijón that they can't care about the safety of their own goals......

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"It's too passive!" Scott was a little worried about Barcelona's surge of attacks.

"One chance! only one chance!" said Leon, not knowing whether to answer his assistant again, but talking to himself nervously.

Messi took the ball, this time he went to the left, facing Ivanovic, he pulled the ball horizontally, and then suddenly pulled it back, started, accelerated!

Then, I saw Ivanovic's body bump over, and the thin Messi suffered a loss in the physical confrontation and fell to the ground.

Referee Marienko's whistle sounded, and he awarded Ivanovic for a foul!

A free kick from Barcelona.

Ronaldinho stood at the penalty spot.

Leon bit his cheek, every time a superstar like Ronaldinho stands in front of the football, it makes him nervous, no way, that is the best player in football at this time.

Ronaldinho took a high-quality free-kick, the ball was saved hard by Valencia, hit the outside of the post, bounced back in front of goal, Messi rushed up to shoot, someone reacted faster than him, and Ivanovic kicked the ball out first.

Clearance without kicking far!

Outside the box, Xavi tried to control the ball, but in the face of Modric's pressing, he had to rush the ball out, Carlos was already on guard, he rushed up and stabbed the ball in the passing path, stabbed the ball away, and then strode forward again to catch up with the football.

Iniesta wanted to fight back, but he found that the kid in front of him was as strong as a calf, and he couldn't squeeze Carlos at all.

Carlos withstood Iniesta's counter-attack behind him, and he passed the ball straight away.

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Modric gets the ball!

The Croatian dribbled the ball and strode forward, sprinting forward at a sprinting pace.

Luka Modric suddenly accelerated and managed to get rid of Deco's top scramble, leaving the latter behind.

And he got rid of the ball this time, but he felt that the world was much wider all of a sudden: Modric advanced five or six meters with the ball, and found that Barcelona's defensive system had not yet been established, and the opponent could now be said to be extremely chaotic, some people tried to press, some people were rushing back to defense, and some people were hesitating whether to grab or retreat......

Messy!

The most direct embodiment of this is that in the eyes of Modric, there are too many gaps in Barcelona's defense at this time!

Modric kept in mind the instructions of head coach Li Ang, and his task today is very clear, which is to be the playmaker in the midfield: to find the opponent's defensive line as quickly as possible, find the passing route to tear the gap, and send the football out!

Luka Modric was quick and he didn't continue to dribble the ball. Instead, he distributed the ball to the wing. There, Barcelona's full-back Van Bronckhorst has not returned after the assist, and there are no Barcelona defenders at this time, which can be said to be a large open field.

Juan Mata was running hard, he saw the space, he was running at an accelerated pace, he believed Modric could see the space, all he had to do now was speed forward and wait for his team-mates to pass!

Then, Mata saw Modric's pass roll diagonally in front of him.

Modric responded to the trust of his teammates with a well-timed pass.

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Seeing Juan Mata appear in that space and successfully receive the football, the Barcelona people were shocked.

As Van Bronckhorst has not yet returned to the defensive position, the goal must be filled by a centre-back.

Barcelona's two centre-backs, captain Puyol and Marques, immediately understood what the captain meant, and the Mexican strode to the wing.

Originally, Marquis wanted to rush up to break the ball, and then he heard the captain behind him shouting: "Block!

Puyol is experienced and knows that Mata's skills are very good at his feet, and if Marquis goes straight to the grab, it is very likely that he will be passed, and at this time, the safest way is to block Mata's path!

Marquis immediately braked, did not rush to pounce, he obeyed the captain's arrangement, planning to block the inside line, not allowing Mata to break through directly. Hopefully, if you can push the ball out of the touchline, it would be great, and even if you can't do that, you can force Mata to slow down and buy time for your teammates to return to the defense, which can be considered a successful defense.

Truth be told, this is the best choice a centre-back can make in such a situation.

However, to the surprise of Marquis and Barcelona, Mata didn't think about cutting into the penalty area at all, he controlled the football at his feet, looked ahead, and then made a feint to break through, which immediately deceived Marquis had to retreat to try to block the forward route, which hit Mata's arms, that is, Marquis retreated, so that there was a space between Mata and Marques, a space for passing!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Mata crosses with his left foot!

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It's a half-high ball!

The soccer ball crosses an arc and flies straight into the penalty area!

Di Natale suddenly rushed to the front point, and the Italians stretched out a leg!

This caught the eye of Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés, who quickly moved his feet to defend his left side.

Soccer ball slices past the goal!

Skimming over Di Natale's right leg, past Valdés' eyelids!

Valdés was startled and hurriedly tried to move his steps to the right, but as soon as he turned his head around, before he could move his footsteps, he saw a dark shadow rushing up!

"Diego Milito!" the narrator shouted in a lengthened voice.

Diego Milito threw his whole body out and it was a diving header!

The Argentine hit the ball headon!

Valdés subconsciously stretched out his right hand and tried his best to reach the ball!

However, it was simply too late!

The football was smashed into the goal by Milito, and the Argentine himself flew into the net with the football, and with him flew into the net with Puyol, who defended him, the Barcelona captain was half a beat slower, and the last thing he could do was to fall into the net with Milito!

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“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”

"The goal is in! Milito! Milito! The Argentine almost scored in the first half! He finally scored now, it was his first start since returning from injury, he scored against Barcelona!

"Barcelona couldn't attack for a long time, but Sporting Gijon scored again! Substitute Juan Mata assisted, Milito gave Rijkaard a fatal blow!"

'Mata's pass, Di Natale's clever forward shot, it interfered with Valdés' judgment, Milito's header was brilliant, his first goal after returning from injury, it was so important!'

"This is a victory for Leon! He seemed to be crazy to change two people in a row, and now he has an immediate effect!"

Standing on the sidelines, Li Ang clenched a fist and swung it into the sky.

That's the opportunity he's waiting for!

Now get hold of it!

Leon couldn't be more excited, he knew better than anyone how much pressure the goal would put on Barcelona, who had to win the game!

In the case of a long-term attack and a rapid decline in physical fitness, this goal of Sporting Gijón will give Barcelona a great psychological blow!

Rijkaard, who was standing in the away team's dugout, spread his hands in annoyance, his face full of anger and frustration. He knew that his team was pressing heavily and the defense would be empty, which might be seized by Sporting Gijón, but he still had the illusion that Barcelona would score before Sporting Gijón, but he didn't expect Sporting Gijón's counterattack to be so sharp and efficient, and this was the goal.

Rijkaard was happy when Leon brought on Juan Mata and Di Natale, especially when Marquez was replaced, and if Sporting Gijón wanted to test their attacking ability against Barcelona, he thought his team would use goals to teach Sporting Gijón to behave, but now the result is: he miscalculated.

It can even be said that he was slapped in the face!

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The Gijón fans in the stands at the Estadio Elmolinon erupted in huge cheers, and everyone went crazy because of the goal.

Milito, who had scored the goal, ran over to hug Juan Mata, who had assisted him, and a crowd of people came up behind him to surround them and celebrate their goals.

Milito's goal not only rewrote the score to 3-1, the team once again led by two goals, and the most important thing was a psychological blow to the Barcelonans, who must score three more goals if they want to turn the tables!

Considering that Barcelona were looking for goals throughout the game today and have only scored one goal so far, how easy is it to score three goals in less than twenty minutes of play?!

The players of Sporting Gijón know this, and the players of Barcelona also know the difficulty, so Rijkaard was in such a bad mood after seeing the goal conceded, and the faces of some Barcelona players on the field instantly darkened.

"Diego Milito, he returned from injury, he was entrusted with Leon, the Argentine repaid the manager with a goal! This is the night of this Argentine! And the Barcelona people are in big trouble, if they can't work a miracle, their efforts all season may be overshadowed......" The narrator's hoarse voice was like a huge haze in front of the Barcelona fans.

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